Seems
the Occupy movement was targeted by Homeland Security before the first
tent pole was raised, according to documents released in compliance with
a FOIA request. Truthout.org has
conducted exhaustive research on the surveillance and possible
infiltration of the Occupy (OWS) movement and has discovered that,
indeed, the Department of Homeland Security was closely monitoring the
groups' activities.

Wouldn't it be refreshing, Truthseekers, to
read a government document that wasn't given the black-marker
treatment? Is our national security so threatened by transparency into
it's possible invasive actions against innocent citizens?

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Even the Pentagon's Northern Command unit,
which exerts military control over any North American combat zones, was
briefed on the goings on of the occupy protestors. Further, the White
House was also coordinating DHS actions toward local law enforcement and
the Occupiers. This is from CounterPunch.org:

"The latest documents,
reveal 'intense involvement' by the DHS's so-called National Operations
Center (NOC). In its own literature, the DHS describes the NOC as 'the
primary national-level hub for domestic situational awareness, common
operational picture, information fusion, information sharing,
communications, and coordination pertaining to the prevention of
terrorist attacks and domestic incident management.'

"The DHS says that the NOC is 'the primary conduit for the White House Situation Room.'

"Another document shows
that earlier, in advance of a planned Occupy action at the Oakland, CA
port facility on Nov. 2, DHS 'went so far as to keep the Pentagon's
Northcom (Northern Command) in the intelligence loop.'

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"Given the subterfuge
revealed in these documents that went into trying to create the illusion
that the DHS was and is not coordinating a national campaign of spying,
disruption and repression against Occupy activists, it is almost
comical to find documents that show the DHS was in 'direct communication
with the White House' to obtain advance approval of public statements
by DHS officials denying any DHS involvement in anti-Occupy actions."

The fact that President Obama has failed to
make good on his promises to roll back the Bush Crime Family's domestic
surveillance programs demonstrates that he is in favor of monitoring US
citizens, particularly those who express displeasure with the status
quo. That reality is underscored by recent disclosures by
whistle-blowers about the massive extent of domestic spying approved by
the current administration. Common Dreams reports:

"National Security Agency
(NSA) whistleblower and Government Accountability Project (GAP) client
William Binney continued publicly revealing massive domestic
surveillance beginning under President George W. Bush in the aftermath
of 9/11, and continuing rampantly under President Obama. A senior
crypto-mathematician, Binney served at NSA for over forty years, lastly
as the Technical Director of the NSA World Geopolitical and Military
Analysis Reporting group, made up of thousands of NSA employees charged
with analyzing massive volumes of electronic data gathered worldwide.

"Binney's explosive disclosures over the past few weeks include: The first public description of Stellar Wind,
the NSA's massive domestic spying program, which has the capacity to
intercept trillions of domestic electronic communications of Americans,
including e-mails, phone calls, and Internet activities. Adding that 'after 9/11,
all the wraps came off for NSA, and they decided to -- between the White
House and NSA and CIA -- they decided to eliminate the protections on
U.S. citizens and collect on, domestically. So they started collecting
from a commercial -- the one commercial company that I know of that
participated provided over 300 -- probably, on the average, about 320
million records of communication of a U.S. citizen to a U.S. citizen
inside this country.'"

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Boy, 9-11 sure opened the floodgates to all kinds of fun and interesting
invasions of our privacy and civil liberties, didn't it, Truthseekers?
Don't you feel so much safer? knowing the government is protecting you
from the fearsome dangers posed by the occupy protestors? I'm sure the
corporations feel better. They're people, too, you know. ...

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